Title: Hataraku Saibou! (Cells at Work!)
Genre: Comedy
Written by: Shigemitsu Harada
Synopsis: Trillions of cells in the body, you will be meeting a single red blood cell (RBC) who is always lost while delivering nutrients in the body. As soon as she is lost, she will meet the white blood cell (WBC) and other cells and their jobs. She will learn how cells working together to save the world they are living in against the bacteria.
(From left to right: T-Cells, Machophage, White Blood Cell)
Thoughts: As soon as I saw the trailer of this anime, I knew that this is the type of show that I need to watch. This anime is an anthropomorphized type of anime. This is basically a type of anime that tells how the cells in our body work. A better and more interesting to learn a Biology lesson about Anatomy.
I don't know much about the cells except on what the main cells' job in the body. For example, the red blood cell will be delivering oxygen (O2) to the body and taking carbon dioxide (CO2) to the lungs to release it by breathing, also the white blood cells fighting bacteria that enters our body. That is just a basic knowledge. However as I watch episodes about other types of cells, it not just it gave me more knowledge about them but also how the bacteria or infectious disease like cancer cells or influenza spread in our body.
(Macrophage's deadly attack: some people noticed that in this scene, the aerial angle of Macrophage made her look like the actual cell)
I love how the author of this show represented each organ of the body especially when they showed in an episode how does blood circulation happens. That episode showed how the red blood cell circulated throughout the body as she delivers oxygen and carbon dioxide. Well, she was always lost but that episode is really interesting. Also the characters in the anime represented the cells exactly on what they are supposed to be, not just with the appearances but also the ability of each of the cell.
(Red Blood Cell carrying oxygen and you can notice her uniform is in bright red)
(RBC carrying Carbon Dioxide and her uniform is in darker red in color)
I understand more about this anime when I watched a reaction of a doctor from Youtube. He explained everything from the abilities of a cell, how they are formed until the nature and appearance of a bacteria. One example that he mentioned is about the red blood cell, he mentioned how the uniform of the RBC changes as she circulate the body. Remember your Biology class, your teacher told the class that whenever the RBC carries oxygen, it's color is light red and whenever it carries CO2 it's color is dark red. I didn't notice this but it was incredible that people noticed it in the anime.Watch his videos about Cells at Work in this link.
Basically what I was just trying to say, whoever made this anime is a genius. Not because he know a lot about our body, bacteria and even their jobs but how creative he is to make it into an anime without giving wrong information. How each of the cells or organs represented in the anime.
(Dendritic Cell helping a naive T-cell to be a mature)
Animation/Art Style: 10/10
It's perfectly good. The only thing that you will wonder while watching that anime, "Why does white blood cell bleed?"
Soundtrack: 10/10
(Everyone's favorite, the Platelets)
Totally recommended even for non-anime fans. Good for children as well, just make sure you will guide them while they are watching the fight scenes. This anime will widen your knowledge about the cells in your body and how they really work to let you live.
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